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This wide-ranging collection of essays and poetry reveals the day-to-day lives and experiences of a diverse collection of women in the western United States, from Buddhists in Nebraska to Hutterites in South Dakota to "rodeo moms." A woman chooses horse work over housework; neighbors pull together to fight a raging wildfire; a woman rides a donkey across Colorado to raise money after the tragedy at Columbine. Women recall harmony found at a drugstore,...
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The Queens of STEAM series explores the life and work of women who've made a big impact in a specific area of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). In this edition, newly independent readers meet Bertha Parker, an indigenous american of Abenaki and Seneca descent, who made her mark as a trailblazing Archaeologist in 1930 when she discovered the skull of an exstinct ground sloth in a Nevada cave. All hail, Bertha Parker! ...
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The Queens of STEAM series explores the life and work of women who've made a big impact in a specific area of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). In this edition, newly independent readers meet Bertha Parker, an indigenous american of Abenaki and Seneca descent, who made her mark as a trailblazing Archaeologist in 1930 when she discovered the skull of an exstinct ground sloth in a Nevada cave. All hail, Bertha Parker! ...
5) Summary of American Girls by Jessica Roy: One Woman's Journey into the Islamic State and Her Sister'
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DISCLAIMER This book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book.Summary of American Girls by Jessica Roy: One Woman's Journey into the Islamic State and Her Sister's Fight to Bring Her HomeIN THIS SUMMARIZED BOOK, YOU WILL GET:Chapter astute outline of the main contents.Fast & simple understanding of the content analysis.Exceptionally summarized content that you may skip in the original...
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The popular host of the Money Moves podcast and youngest person ever to trade on the New York Stock Exchange provides winning tips for women to help them shift their financial mindset, become confident about their money, set them on a path to financial security, and live their best lives.
In 2017, when she was only twenty-two, Lauren Simmons became the youngest full-time female trader at the New York Stock Exchange, and the second African American...
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This is the beginning of the three-part saga violent tale of vengeance and redemption concerning a very strong willed, determined and talented young African American woman from rural Ohio, who holds a personal vendetta against Klansmen, Chicago mobsters and every undesirable in between during The Great Depression through the Jazz Renaissance Era.
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In this book, the first in a trilogy, Helen, an energetic American woman, decides to learn French to get her brain working. For Helen, learning French is not easy, but it's an exciting adventure!
Reading a book in French can be difficult, even for advanced students. This fun novel, written in easy French, contains grammar exercises and a complete English translation. It's the perfect book to improve your French! It's recommended for both students...
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An injured American woman traces her relationships with men and her broken body as she convalesces in a Paris hospital in this witty debut.
Vivienne Yellow is an American woman who lies in traction in a Parisian hospital, her leg shattered after she was hit by a truck. Through hazy wormholes of memory, colored by her own morphine-stoked sexual longings, we are drawn into her past: Exactly what happened to her as she tried to cross rue de Cherche...
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Diana Quincy returns with a steamy affair between an Arab-American woman who inherits a run-down castle in the English countryside and the duke who asserts the castle is his, in the first book in a brand-new Victorian historical romance series.
Anthony Cary, Duke of Strickland, inherits his spendthrift father's title and can finally restore the family castle to its former glory. But at the reading of the will, Strick is stunned to learn that his...
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Bree Washington, a young African-American woman, has always wanted to become a doctor. When her father loses his job, she is forced to find other means to raise money to continue her schooling. Loving to dance, she becomes an exotic dancer. Bree figures her dancing days will be history after she gets her medical degree.Though being a doctor gives her a sense of fulfillment, Bree fears life is passing her by. Alone without any family of her own, more...
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A white woman. A black man. And their forbidden love.
Can endurance and faith sustain the love between a white woman and a black man, threatened by rejection, guilt, and racial injustice? Can love alone reconcile their starkly different worlds, lighting the way to a bright future together?
When graduate student, Tori Pendola, a white American woman, and Jebuni Kalitsi, a Ghanaian exchange student and heir to his tribe's chieftaincy, fall deeply...
15) Hidden Prey
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DangerTori Cox, a talented and sought-after musician, heads back to her roots to a small southwest town in Arizona as she flees an abusive relationship. When she arrives she witnesses the execution of a federal agent by the head of the Jimenez Cartel. The drug cartel kingpin orders his men to kill Tori before she can testify. DesireLandon Walker, a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security, rescues Tori from members of one of the most...
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"A remarkable experience of little reported events.
The Second Empire of France was, by the early 1860's in good health. France had acquitted itself well in the Crimea and in the war against Austria. The idea of a European monarch on the throne of Mexico was not a new one. France was attracted to the idea of a 'Latin' influence in America and thus the opening chords were struck of what would eventually be-to quote the author-'A Dance of Doom', the...
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England 1814
Quiet and Demure…
Two words not associated with Mrs. Amelia Chase, a woman from America on the run from her past with a healthy love for Shakespearean insults.
Opinionated – Yes
Nosy – Most definitely
Daring and Outrageous – Perhaps
In sum, all things irresistible to a broody, sexy Scotsman with a delicious brogue. A man with the power to evoke sparks with a look, sizzle with a touch, and fire with a moan.
And he's looked…...
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The Unlikely Astronaut is the true story of how Astronaut Susan Kilrain overcame all obstacles to achieve her dream of flying in space when no American woman had. As one of only three women and the youngest to ever pilot the space shuttle, her story of unwavering determination will encourage children to reach for the stars even if the odds are against them. Commander Susan Kilrain is a renowned astronaut, a distinguished navy test pilot and aerospace...
19) La Famiglia
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La Famiglia – Book Blurb"Never question my heart, my courage, my loyalty! To my men and to this famiglia I am all things. But to my wife, I am only one. Husband." – Don Giovanni Battaglia. The year is 1992. The Battaglia family awaits the birth of the newest members to their clan. Twin boys will be born to the capo di tutti capi of the Neapolitan mafia from an African American woman who has married the most powerful and feared Mafia boss in all...
20) Venetian Bind
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In Venetian Bind, Detective Marko Korb and his associate Kelan Su, a Chinese-American woman, must hunt down a murderer and prevent a devastating terrorist attack in the romantic city of Venice. Korb, a fat, egotistical, and brilliant detective, and Kelan Su, a former Chicago police officer, licensed attorney, and martial arts expert, arrive in Venice to investigate the murder of Stefan Pakuli?, a former Serbian paramilitary leader and accused war...